China wasn't like those countries in Southeast Asia where drugs were rampant. The crackdown on drug production and drug trafficking wouldn't relax, it would only get stronger.
Although Azrael could bring in extremely high profits, it wasn't like normal goods where there would be a replacement if you ran out of stock, or it was easy to find a replacement.
Also, because of the irreplaceable nature and different customer groups, Li Xiang definitely didn't want to bear the consequences of running out of stock.
After a moment of silence in the living room, Li Xiang asked tentatively, "Mr. Zhou, what do you mean?"
Zhou Chongyu's identity was very aloof in Li Xiang's drug trafficking group. Back then, "Li Xiang" was Ning Jiamu. After he took over his parents' drug manufacturing workshop, because all of the distribution channels were removed, the original market was quickly taken over by other "bosses."
The purity of the drugs produced by the workshop wasn't high, so it became very difficult to sell.
Fortunately, Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin left a lot of money, so Ning Jiamu could temporarily keep a group of workers in the drug manufacturing workshop. But these workers were risking their lives for money, so their wages naturally couldn't be compared to ordinary workers.
Ning Jiamu realized that if he just sat there and ate, the business his parents left him would disappear sooner or later. So, he began to look for ways to keep the workshop alive.
In the drug business, as long as you had the goods, you didn't have to worry about selling. But there was competition in the industry. If you wanted to regain the market, you needed to compete with others on price and purity.
Ning Jiamu concluded that if the workshop wanted to continue to survive, he first had to think of ways to increase the purity. But increasing the purity wasn't something that could be done casually.
Not only did it require more professional synthesizing equipment, but it also required a professional to host it.
So, he thought of "Father Five" who helped him get an identity and introduced him to the plastic surgery hospital. Soon, "Father Five" gave him the news that there was a university professor in Singapore that he could "fight for."
But that person's demand for money was high, so if he wanted to make a move, he had to prepare more money.
Later, with the help of "Father Five," Ning Jiamu quickly got in touch with the chemistry professor, Zhou Chongyu.
Zhou Chongyu's three children were either in Australia or Europe. Furthermore, all of them had neither the ability nor the ability to spend money. That was why he had the idea to help with the drug production.
Therefore, when he heard that Ning Jiamu wanted to improve the production process, he immediately asked for half a month's labor fee of 500,000 USD. Furthermore, it indicated that to increase the purity of the "product," human beings alone were not enough. They also needed the relevant storage equipment.
If he wanted to purchase it, it would cost at least 100,000 to 300,000 USD, and there was no upper limit.
Ning Jiamu definitely couldn't take out 600,000 USD. Even if he could, he wouldn't dare to throw it out so easily.
However, Ning Jiamu did not give up. After a few days of thinking, he came up with another plan — give Zhou Chongyu a share of the profits.
In other words, it was a change from temporary employment to long-term cooperation. Let Zhou Chongyu join his drug production group, guide the improvement of the product quality, and then split the net profit from the sales.
Moreover, Ning Jiamu could be said to be full of sincerity. The first thing he said was that after deducting all expenses, the net profit would be 35%.
Zhou Chongyu was tempted.
Although Zhou Chongyu looked very young, only in his fifties, he was actually 59 years old and would soon be 60.
Moreover, he knew his own situation. He was not the best academically. He was purely relying on his qualifications to get to his current position as a professor. In more than two years, once he turned 62, he would definitely be facing retirement. It would be impossible for him to sign a contract extension with the university.
Without a job, his little pension would not be enough to satisfy the needs of his three prodigal children. Otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly want to go into the water and make money from drug dealers when he was old.
If Ning Jiamu was reliable, instead of making a one-time profit, it would be better to make a long-term business. Although he had never been in contact with the drug industry, he could estimate the profits.
He knew that once the market was opened, there would be a lot of money coming in. Thirty-five percent net profit could be said to be long-term and stable.
As for the harshness of China's laws …
Haha, no matter how harsh it was, could it compare to Singapore?
After being tempted, Zhou Chongyu met Ning Jiamu in Hong Kong under the matchmaking of "Father Five." Ning Jiamu was young and did not look as ruthless as other drug dealers. Moreover, he was indeed very sincere.
After Zhou Chongyu felt that he would not be killed after he had outlived his usefulness, he directly followed Ning Jiamu to China. He saw the so-called workshop that Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin had left behind. He also saw the huge market potential in China.
Ning Jiamu was indeed young. In order to win Zhou Chongyu's trust, he showed all of his family's assets, including all of his savings.
Zhou Chongyu stayed in China for half a month. Not only did he observe Ning Jiamu, but he also did a detailed consideration of the "market." After some consideration, he felt that this "partner" was suitable.
Then, the two had a deep discussion. Before Zhou Chongyu confirmed his "technology investment," in order to prevent Ning Jiamu from having any bad thoughts about him in the future because of money, he took the initiative to reduce his share by 5% to 30%.
In the end, the two happily reached an agreement to cooperate.
Since he had decided to join, Zhou Chongyu also began to think about Ning Jiamu. Knowing that his family was not rich, he began to have ideas about the school.
After returning to Singapore, he thought of a way to let his students "accidentally" cause a small accident in the experiment. Not much equipment was damaged, but it was all needed by the Ning Family's wooden drug workshop.
The school's economic environment was very good. The damaged equipment was all old models, and the student who caused the accident had a deep relationship with the school board.
Soon, the school dealt with the accident in a low-key manner and added new equipment to the laboratory. As for the replaced equipment, Zhou Chongyu's report mentioned that there was no value in maintaining it, so it was directly disposed of as "garbage."
Half a month later, at midnight, this batch of equipment, along with a small cargo ship transporting electronic waste, stopped at the dock of a small fishing village in Xiangshan City.
Three days later, it was all shipped to Ning Jiamu's drug workshop.
Not long after, Zhou Chongyu, who was in Singapore, suddenly had a heart attack at night and died at home. His three children returned from abroad as quickly as possible and arranged a simple funeral for him. Then, they returned home and left Singapore.
When Zhou Chongyu became Wu Eryou and successfully arrived at Ning Jiamu's drug workshop. Ning Jiamu used his overseas account to transfer a very considerable "operation" fee to "Father Five."
In the subsequent cooperation, "Old Zhou" fully demonstrated his professionalism and quickly increased the purity of the product from the original barely 50% to close to 90%.
Moreover, he could produce a small amount of products with a purity of around 95%. It was infinitely close to the top "No. 4" product on the market.
With good products in hand, naturally, there was no need to worry about sales. However, Ning Jiamu fully learned from his parents' lesson and never directly sold the products in China.
Instead, under Zhou Chongyu's suggestion, he directly sold it to Japan and Korea through "Father Five." After a portion of it was digested locally, it would be distributed back to China by the next company.
In this way, although a portion of the profits would be lost, it greatly increased the safety and concealment.
It was also because Zhou Chongyu was both the "technical director" and the think tank in the drug manufacturing group that Ning Jiamu paid more attention to the opinions of this partner.
Most of the time, he assumed the attitude of a junior. For example, this time when he came to stay in a hotel in Huacheng, Ning Jiamu booked a single room for himself and a suite for Zhou Chongyu.
When it came to the issue of Azrael, he even seemed to let Zhou Chongyu make the decision.
Zhou Chongyu was greedy for money. Although he was the one who came up with the idea of sacrificing part of the profits to increase the safety, it was also to make more money in a better and more stable way.
The profits that Azrael could bring were too tempting. It was so tempting that he felt that the consequences of running out of goods were not that worrying.
After weighing the pros and cons in his heart for a long time, he said, "Let's contact that guy with the surname Wu first and see if his distribution channels are stable."
"Okay!" Ning Jiamu also made up his mind and nodded heavily.
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In the network monitoring room, a group of policemen in uniform witnessed with their own eyes that Ning Jiamu and Zhou Zhongyu had made their decision.
Qu Sen could not help but say, "This pair of father and son are really f * cking tigers!"
"Heh, they are a group of desperados. As long as there are enough profits, there is nothing that they would not dare to do," Jia Chengliang said expressionlessly.
"It will take a few more days to test the effects of Azrael. Everyone, take the opportunity to take shifts and rest. Rest well. I think the two groups will officially meet very soon, "Gao Sheng said with a serious face.
Until now, all the movements of Wu Entai's and Ning Jiamu's groups had been monitored by the special task force. At the same time, Lin Haizhen's group's smuggling channel from Malaysia to Macau was basically under the police's surveillance.
Once Wu Entai and Ning Jiamu officially met and handed over the five kilograms of samples, the special task force could close the net and begin the arrest.
However, just as Gao Sheng and Jia Chengliang were leading their men to make the arrest plan, the Provincial Department issued the latest instructions.
The instructions were: The Wu Entai Special Task Force would continue to maintain effective surveillance during the handover process between the drug seller and the drug buyer. While further collecting evidence, the arrest would be postponed.
The reason was that the Xiangshan City Bureau had officially established the Ning Jiamu Special Task Force. The captain of the city's anti-drug team, Qiao Yu, was the team leader. He was specifically responsible for investigating the Ning Family's wooden drug trafficking organization's drug manufacturing facilities and drug trafficking network.
The situation was not completely clear yet. If Huacheng made a move, Ning Jiamu and Zhou Chongyu would be arrested. Once the news was leaked, the second-level network members in Xiangshan City would definitely be shocked.
Then, the situation of not being able to establish full cooperation in the Jin Wantao and Cen Shuqin case would occur again.
Therefore, the Provincial Department ordered Huacheng to postpone the arrest until Xiangshan City had completed their investigation and thoroughly grasped the situation. Then, both sides would make a move at the same time.
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